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And then there was peace. Yes, America is the land of the free. We Aliens [Is that what you call us] do admire you. But you have many faults too. You are too inward looking, provincial even. But who could blame you when you see yourself as being the center of the world. Free speech, free...

Thanks for the reply Ken Yes, I am trying out Mini-Baccarat now. The house advantage is only 1.06% for Banker and the speed of play here is only 60 rounds per hour.The other information I gleam from the Internet is to bet only after the Banker has won. This would efectively cut the speed of...

There we go again This just prove my point on Ken's previous citation of Fred Renzey previous article. I had said that "if you play like that you won't last very long". Playing Basic Stategy is problematic enough with your fellow players and getting harassed or heat from them is very real...

bethedealer In the Euporean NO Hole Card game, ENHC, which is played by almost everybody else in the world outside the US the terms Early Surrender and Late Surrender does not really apply. To be precise you have Early Surrender against any card except the Ace and NO Surrender against the Ace...

Mike, While are talking about senseless play (I am too polite to say stupid), how about the game you are playing yourself. I don't mean to say you don't play according to BS. I mean the game you are playing has the ante. This is a no-no in any BJ book. It looks to me like your house advantage is...

Mikeaber If your expected loss is just .65% it make sense to play BJ anywhere, anytime. If you are looking for free beer and comped meals have you considered paying for this directly. It would be cheaper than the casino comp. Enterainment value there is undoubtedly, and this varies from person...

LeonShuffle You have replied to this thread in a flash and I did not get a chance to edit my posting. My point is , Players should be adviced to play BJ only if they are conversant with BS.

Firstly, Basic Stategy says the house advantage is only about .5%. The lowest of all the casino table games. Many people says this is the best game to play amongst all the casino tables games. Wrong! This is only the theoretical house advantage. Other table games like baccarat, the house...

Thank you for the apology regarding my being ignorant. Your contention is that you can make a decent living if you are good at counting and if you have $50,000 backing. Once you have the above then I presume you have to find a casino that allows you to do that i.e. make a decent living off...

E-town-guy Wait a minute, friend. I did not say card counting doesn't work. You call me "ignorant.' About what.

zg, I am not a card counter. Do I believe in card counting? I do not believe that you can get rich and make tons of money from card counting. Make a decent living? My answer is probably not. The casino is making good money from bad card counters. Why else would the US casino still operate the...

:sleep: Newyorkbear, I didn't know you are a dreamer. Dream on baby!

BJ Professional Player, H'mmm. You can make money playing BJ. if you are a card counter. You will get up to 1 or 2% advantage over the house _ if you don't make any mistakes and the casino allows you to do so. However it is a very tiresome work as you have to watch every card and count every...

Guys, I am not going to get into an arguement with you all on whether one should play basic stategy regardless of your fellow players. My point which is missed by all of you is that half the BJ players do not know how to play their soft 17 hand. So when you play your soft 18 hand (if you are...

This is my biggest problem I have got myself into more trouble with my fellow players on hitting soft 18 against the 10 than even hitting 16 against 17. It is really nothing to do with Basic Stategy but more about getting the heat from the other players especially on a crowded table. Playing...